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This restaurant is located just off the main Square, access is up quite a steep set of stairs. The staff are very pleasant and there is a good menu choice, the house wine is good. The food was excellent. Our bill for two courses (excellent fresh meat antipasto and a main with vegetables) water and wine was 52€.

The village is well worth a visit and this was the icing on the cake.

They also do B£B

Visited March 2013

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I can’t believe I’m the first American to write a review of this trattoria. I’m surprised because Rick Steves profiled this place in his TV program and in his book on Tuscan hill towns.

We had lunch here and it was very good. We both had pasta dishes. I think I had the one featured at the top of this listing. It was particularly thick spaghetti. I know we split a dessert, but we can't remember what it was, only that is was good or we would have remembered if we didn't like it.

The place is small. It probably only seats 20 or so people. The real attraction is the quaintness of the place and the cordial waitresses and the owner/chef Franco. Being there on December 22nd it was not busy. There were only two other tourists in the place. So Franco delighted us with stories about the amazing village of Civita di Bagnoregio.

We recommend it!

Visited December 2012

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Coming to Civita di Bagnoregio in the middle of October, I found this trattoria is one of few dining place open. The red wine della casa is just awesome. Other food also taste good. Will come back on summer to stay at the bed and breakfast.

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2012Ck2012

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“The smell of garlic will scare all vampires in the region”

Reviewed July 31, 2012

The owner Franco is a very nice person, he'll come out of his kitchen and talk to you in English/French/Spanish or Italian, his food is pretty good. The quality/price is decent. The only problem was the smell: it smells so much of garlic that it was killing us, the little fan in the corner cannot do the job of a kitchen fan (it was a very hot day and there isn't any air conditioning). We just had a little bite to eat because we were famished but had to run out because of the smell. But apart from that the meal was enjoyable because of Franco's presence..... I would still recommand it and would go back.

Visited July 2012

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Darren D

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“Great food in Civita di Bagnoregio!”

Reviewed May 27, 2012

The owner and operator of the restaurant, Franco, is also the owner of the only place to rent rooms in the town. We booked a room at Civita B&B (floor above the restaurant), not planning where we'd be eating. When my daughter and I arrived early for our reservation, Franco's daughter Nina invited us to sit in the restaurant and have some cold water. We hadn't eaten lunch, so we order pasta. The piciarelli with truffle sauce was amazing. The noodles were homemade, very dense, and wonderful (as was the sauce). We decided that we'd eat dinner there too. We ordered the full course "tourist" meal. The Penne was excellent, as was the pork chop and sausage. This was the only place in which we ate while in Civita, and we are glad we did - excellent!

Visited May 2012

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